Improvement in stump-pullers



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Jannes,` In, Y FERGUSON, or SUMMIT, "IIIISSISSIPPIA :Letters PlatentfNa 107,891,.datcd October' 4', 1870` JMPRQVEMENT .iN v`efrur/iP-Punseres.-

, l'o` altwhomct may concern! Be it known that I, J A'Mns M. FERGUSQN, ofrSmnmit, in the county 'of 'Pikeand State of Mississippi, have invented a new andr improved Stump-Puller;-

`and Ido herebydeclarethat the following is afull,

clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable otherswskilled in the art to make and use Vthe same,

reference being had tothe accompanying#drawing forming part of this Spcciticatioizr.` This invention relates 'to improvements in machines lfor pulling stumps, and consists in an arrangement ou the top of -a portable frameoixa spherical nut with ,a

pulling screw-rod working init, the said nut being mounted ln a rotating sweepto he turned for raising `seat' in the sweep,sothat the rodnnay shift according f to the direction ot' the strain" on it, and the sweep be- I ing'moiinted on friction-ballsfoi' being supported-and'- for revolving readily.

. The invention alsocorhprises an arrangement of the brace-rods for the base 4df. theframe, calculated to Ifacilitate `the mijustrnent of thefframe around the stumps.

Figure. 1 is a sectionalelevation of my improved stump-pulling apparatusyand l Figure 2 is a top viewl of a part otthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A representsa frame, preferably Iliade broad at the base, so that the to'p can he supported over the top of a stump while'the legs rest on two siils or beams,

B, which may be curved upward at the ends,v sotthatthey will slidealong'the ground and admit ofthe 1hachine being drawn fromplaceto place.

The top of `this frame has a large eirculnropening in it at C, and asmall circular groove, D, around-the said opening.l i n E is a large spherical hut resting in a concave seat in the center ot" a horizontal revolving-plate, F, also having a large central hole coinciding with `the hole O, and 'a circular `groove, G, coinciding with groove `D, and resting on balls, `II,in'the said grooves.

This plateis provided'with sweeps I, fortnrning it by horse or other power.'- y

The plate F has a notch, K, and thenut a flange,

L, which projectsintothesaid notch and causes the The- Sehedle referred to in these-Letters Patent `and making part'of the same nut to be revolvedby the plate, while allowing it toV oscillate vertically in its seat.`

I M. is the pullin through the nut.

` It is provided with hooks, N, at the'hottom foratrtaching-the chain, anda crank, O, at the top for turning it by hand to take up the slack of the chain after vhitehingt'o the stump, Iso thatit maybe donequ-icker than` by the sweeps- It is also used to turn thescrew back for'slackng upthechanto unhitch, for releasing the stump-l The rod can he turned untilthe chain is twisted up so as=to1prevent it.-

The tie or brace-rods P, which.connect the two.

base-beams B, are made in'two' parts and 'connected by the` right-and-lei't screw-threaded sleeves Q, or by other sutablemeans, for thepnlpose of, opening them, to facilitate placing the machine over the stump. '4

- The rod M is'raisedfafter the stump is hitched on hy power applied to the sweeps, carrying the nut around, while-the said rod is prevented from turning by the chain when twisted as 'much as it will. This arrangement of thenut to have a universal motion is particularly advantageousV in pulling stumps on' ac count of the frequentlchanges whichoccnr in the direction of the strainon the rod as the different roots [are broken., `These changes in thev direction of the strain-would bend the screwed rod if not allowed to shift according to the strain.

The nutand screw constitute a very powerful ma-l `chine,jwhich may be'ope'rated with but little force on the sweeps.

" Having thns described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by' Letters Patent- 1.1'1he combination of the nut E, rotating plate F, balls H, supporting-platev D, and screw-rod M, ar-

ranged to operate substantially as shown 'and de#` scribed.` Y

V`2 The .screw-rod M, crank O, spherical uut E, flange L, ring-plates F and 1D, notch K, balls H, frame A, base-beams B, brace-rods P, and sleeves Q, all constructed and 'arranged as and for vthe purpose setforth. g Y r Witnesses: vJAMES M. FERGUSON.

D. H. GABLAND,

T. R. STooKDALn.

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